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Saturday, January 20, 2007

One way to trim your entertainment/leisure costs is to win free tickets to events rather than paying for them.

You could spend your time trying to win national contests for trips to Hawaii, etc., but the best way to improve your odds of actually winning something is to find local web sites that give away free tickets to events in your city. Over the last few years, I've used this strategy to successfully win tickets to several local plays and concerts in Sacramento.

For those of you who live in Sacramento, I'd suggest checking out the contests available on these two web sites every month or so. Please leave a comment if I'm missing any sites that you would recommend: